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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Hon'ble Dinesh Pathak,J.
Rajkumar Dubey – Appellant
Versus
Board of Revenue – Respondent
How to determine whether a suit for declaration of rights and title under Section 229-B of the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act is barred by Section 49 of the UP Consolidation of Holdings Act? What is the scope and application of Section 49 of the UP Consolidation of Holdings Act regarding bar to civil/revenue court jurisdiction in matters arising from land consolidation, including fraud exceptions? What are the circumstances under which fraud can carve out an exception to the bar under Section 49, allowing a claimant to pursue rights despite consolidation finality?
JUDGMENT :
Dinesh Pathak, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the contesting private respondents as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.
2. The petitioner is aggrieved with the orders passed by the revenue courts under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (in brevity 'Act, 1950') whereby suit filed on his behalf for declaration of his rights and title under Section 229-B of Act, 1950 has concurrently been discarded by all the three revenue courts on the point of maintainability of suit being barred under Section 49 of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (in brevity 'U.P.C.H. Act') while deciding the issue no.7 framed by the learned trial court.
3. As per plaint case, the plaintiff-petitioner is claiming his right, title and interest over the property in question on the basis of mortgage deed dated 27.2.1901, registered on 04.3.1901, said to have been executed by Khuman Singh s/o Preetam Singh (predecessor-in-interest of the defendants-respondants) in favour of Radha Kishan s/o Bhola Nath (predecessor-in-interest of the plaintiff-petitioner). Through the aforesaid mortgage deed, the land in question was mortg
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